Rustic Hardwoods by Kai

14/02/2024

https://www.etsy.com/shop/RusticHardwoodsByKai

Shop Hand framed furniture, North West England by RusticHardwoodsByKai located in Blackpool, United Kingdom.

14/02/2024

Pretty major discounts available for the Blackpool area.
if you contact me directly
Open for commissions,
If anyone knows any venues or individuals after some fancy woodwork,
Let me know, My shop has currently had two views and both of them tried to scam me for details.

Shop items by RusticHardwoodsByKai.

22/07/2022

Other bits i do.
Milled timber up to around 15 foot.
Signs and Hangings with whatever script you want.
Contact for details.

22/07/2022

Something else with the ancient yew resin.
A pentagram spread tarot table.
I can make any spread tables people like.
Woods and styles are optional.
This one is not really for sale.
But I can be commissioned for similar items.
Ring me

£300

22/07/2022

A very very fancy inlaid yew table with ancient yew varnish.
Sigl of vine who teaches about building structures
and Jörmungandr the world serpant eating its tail.

Ash, Alder, Yew and Spruce

£750 UK mainland only

22/07/2022

So everything I make, I want to ensure that I make the most of the beautiful wood I'm working with and do it in a method that is tradtional and sustainable.

I dont use metal nails or screw in my peices. And most of them would stay assembled just fine with the wooden framing and the relevant wedges, But given the right sort of movement you can get them apart again. and there is often some squeek in the wood, that is not very reassuring for heavier people, So i decided to start using glue.

Now most glue you buy that is modern woodglue is a fancy polyvinyle acatate stuff, thats part of wider global chemical industry. Varying levels of toxic and varying levels of environmental impact to create.

So i started using collagen glue, often called hide glue or rabbit skin glue, and as the name suggests that is indeed an animal product.
Now I COULD spend my days looking for road kill to make this myself, but i dont, I order it on the internet as raw collagen and mix it myself. So, unfortunately many of the pieces are not vegan.
if this is a concern for anyone, message me and ill use the nasty petrochemical stuff.

Its a great product to use, A hot glue, you mix it with water in a cut up pop can get it to a consistency you like (it can be used as a varnish or a strong glue) then you just need to pop it on top of the wood burner and paint (or pour) it onto the wood, and when it cools, Hey presto, No squeaks and its now not coming apart without, heat and a lever.

I wanted make a dyed varnish using some semi-petrified yew chunks i once collected from the borrowdale yews (A small grove of very very ancient yew in the lake district) as the wood was in such a state that it could be ground into dust.

the results were fantastic. It was a great glue for the inlays and also using it to varnish over the carvings really defines the markings.
Obviously the yew is something very sensitively gathered as i have a great respect for 2000+ year old trees, and it may be a very limited run of the ancient yew varnish finishing. but the experiment was a success and ill try other substances with the glue and see where i get.

08/07/2022

High Back From Poors' piece Poplar
Oak, Cherry & Yew framing.
Seal Of Furcas,
Teaches Logic and Rhetoric
£750

08/07/2022

High Back from Poor's piece Poplar and Cherry.
Seal of Murmur
Lets the dead speak
£650

08/07/2022

Two person bench.
Cherry and Ash, Yew ties. Seal of Zepar.
£350

08/07/2022

Saddled Cherry bench. wedge framed and hide glue. £300